Handle for caskets.



A. J. MARSHALL.

HANDLE FOR CASKETS.

APPLICATION man SEPT. 18. 1916.

1,21 'L Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

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iii-rayman MARSHALL, F CNNNAT, CHIS.

HANBLE FR CASEETS.

Specification of Letters latent.

@atented Jan., 23, 191'?.

Application led September 18, 1916. Serial No. 120,792.

others skilled in the art to which it apper-v tains to make and use the same,

This invention relates to handles, and more especially to the handles for coiiins although l wish it distinctly understood that the same might be used in a variety of places without departing from the spirit of the invention.

rlhe handle is of that type which comprises a base plate usually known as the ear and which is attached to the casket or article to be lifted, and a member hinged thereto and usually known as the arm, the same preferably carrying a hand grip of some character at its lower end; and the inge connection is of such type that when the operator grasps this grip and raises it, the arm may turn for about 90 degrees or from a substantially vertical to a substantially horizontal position, and there a stop on the arm engages a proper part of the ear so that the load is sustained without permitting the handle to rise further.

The present invention consists first in the particular form of hir se connection between the ear and the arm, and it consists second in forming said arm of sheet metal bent into shape and having a peculiar construction whereby the grip may be held in its lower end.

Details are set forth in the following specifications, reference being had to the drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of this handle complete, Fig. 2 an elevation ofthe ear, and Fig. 3 a vertical section on the line 3 3 of 1, showing the arm in dotted lines as swung out. Fig. 4 is a rear or inside elevation of the arm, Fig. 5 an elevation of the joint as viewed from the rear or inner side of the ear, and Fig. 6 a detail showing how the tongue is fastened at the back of the arm.

The fastening plate or ear 1 is by preference stamped from sheet metal although it might be cast or otherwise formed, at proper points it has holes 2 for the passage of screws which fasten it to the casket or other article to be lifted, a d its face at about its center is depressed into a recess 3 whose rear wall is struck on a curve so that in the finished member it constitutes substantially he rear half of a cylinder whose axis is horizontal. Through this wall is formed a hole e, preferably rectangular as seen in Fig. 2 and occupying -substantially the uppe hr lf of the wall, or approximately a quarter of said circle. Hingedly connected with said ear is another member known as the a ai 5 which is also by preference made of sheet metal and may well be substantially rectangular or U-shaped in cross section, being composed of a front leaf Gl and side leaves 7 and 8, with a rear leaf, 0r without, as shown. The side leaves are carried upward and beyond the point 15 in Fic: and they are formed into two round members 17 and 18 which collectively make up a knuckle that is of a size to fit rotatably within the recess 3; and the front leaf 6 ma y well be carried upward over the front of this knuckle as at 16 in Fig. 3. At the extremity of the extension 16 the front leaf is bent sharply at an angle and carried radially outward to form a stop 1i which projects 'through the hole 4 in the rear wall of the recess 3. The outer end of this stop is headed, and my preferred manner of producing the head is to curl or bend the metal of the stop into an eye 19, and pass through this eye a pin 13 whose length is greater 'than the width of the hole et. lVhen now the operator grasps the lower end of the arm (which itself may constitute the handle lproper or which may carry a grip 12 as seen in Fig. 1) and swings it outward from the full line to the dotted line position of F ig. 3, it will be clear that the knuckle rotates partially within 'the recess, and the stop 111 moves from the upper end of the hole 4C down to its lower end against which it rests as seen in dotted lines in this view when the handle proper is raised to working position-hence the strain of lifting the casket or other article is resisted by the upper side of the knuckle contacting with the top of the recess and the lower side of the stop contacting with the lower edge of the hole, and the only function of the head or pin 13 is to prevent the knuckle from being pulled out of the recess. 0n releasing the handhold or grip, the arm falls back to place as seen in Fig. 1.

ril`he second feature of my invention is best illustrated in Figs. 3, 1i and 6, where I have shown the lower end of the arm as shaped to receive a square grip l2 although of course the contour of this grip is not important.' At its lower end the front leaf 6 is continued down into a long tongue 26, and near its tip this tongue is larovided with an eye 25. rlhe side leaves 7 and 8 near their lower ends are provided with lips 27 and 2S on their rear edges projecting normally to the rear when the arm is first folded into shape. Subsequently these lips are turned in toward each other as seen in Fig. 6, and their tips 29 bent out to the rear; and when the tongue 26 is carried around the grip its tip is laid over the lips and its eye 25 passed over said tips, after which they are bent outward as seen in Fig. 6. The grip may be secured within the tongue by any suitable means, as by passing a pin or screw through the perforation 30.

W hat l claim is:

l. A handle comprising an ear having a rearwardly sunken semi-cylindrical socket, with a hole in the rear wall of such socket; and an arm interlocked with the ear and whose upper end has a rounded knuckle fitting rotatably in said socket with a radial stop on the knuckle rearwardly projecting through said hole for engagement with its upper and lower edges and moving therein as the arm is swung.

2. A handle comprising an ear having its face inwardly depressed into a socket forming substantially half of a. cylinder whose axis is horizontal, with a hole in the rear wall of such socket; and an arm whose upper end has a rounded knuckle fitting rotatably in said socket with a radial stop on the rear side of the knuckle projecting through said hole and moving therein as the arm is swung vertically, and a transverse head carried by Gopies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing ther Commissioner of Patents,

the stop and overhanging the socket wall, for the purpose set forth.

3.V A handle comprising a sheet metal ear having rearwardly depressed into it an upright socket forming substantially Vhalf of a cylinder with a rectangular hole in the upper portion of its rear wall throughout substantially a quarter of said cylinder; and an arm having a round knuckle fitting rotatably in said socket with a stop projecting rearwardly through said hole to limit the rise of the arm to substantially a horizontal position, and means on-the stop to prevent dislocation of the knuckle from the socket.

i. A handle comprising a sheet metal eai having depressed into it an upright socket forming substantially half of a cylinder with a. rectangular hole in its'rear wall throughout substantially a quarter of said cylinder; and an arm having a roundv knuckle fitting rotatably in said socket with a stop projecting through said hole to limit the rise of the arm to substantially a horizontal position, said stop being formed into an eye, and a pinsecured transversely through the eye and of greater length than the width of said hole.

5. n a handle, the combination with an ear, and a hand grip; of a sheet metal arm substantially rectangular in cross section, a hinge connection between its upper end and said ear, its front leaf being continued downward into a tongue to inclose said grip and the tongue provided near its extremity with an eye, and its side leaves carrying lips projecting normally to the rear and having reduced tips, said lips adapted to be bent in behind the tongue and with their tips bent out through its eye, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof l aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR MARSHALL.

Washington, D. C. 

